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No. 496,484. Patented- May 2,1893.

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Patented May 2,1393.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA W. NEWVMAN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,484, dated May 2, 1893.

Application filed February 1, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA WARREN NEWMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at T- ledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing Attachments for Printing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

, My invention relates to and its object is to provide an addressing attachment for printing presses which maybe detachably secured to and caused to print at any point upon the table upon which the printed sheets are deposited, and which may be operated by the mechanism of the press which delivers the sheets from the press.

The further object of my invention is to provide means for readily attaching and detaching the plates, from which the addresses are to be printed, to the flexible band or ribbon employed in my device.

In the accompanying drawings, made part hereof, Figure 1, is a side elevation of my device; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same, Fig. 3, a perspective view of my device attached to a printing press and in place ready for opera tion; Fig. 4, a view of the ribbon feed-bar, hereinafter referred to; Fig. 5, my address plate holder, hereinafter referred to, and Fig. 6, a central, longitudinal sectional view of pawl, ratchet and arm, hereinafter referred tFo, designed to actuate the feed-bar shown in Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings A A are standards clamped to the edge of table B, upon which the printed sheets are deposited by the fly, O, of the printing-press. (See Fig. 3.) Supported by and journaled upon standards A is a shaft d, preferably angular in cross-section, to which an oscillating motion is communicated by means of a crank e on said shaft connected with a crank on the shaft of fly O by means of a connecting-rod f, as shown in Fig. 3. Shaft d is provided with a frame g, movable longitudinally along said shaft, and provided with set screws (1' for holding the frame securely in place on the shaft. Between the side pieces of frame g, which side pieces are preferably of stiff sheet-metal, are two spools or reels h h, journaled upon removable shafts 2' 2". Upon spool 72- is wound a flexible band flerial No. 419,875. (No model.)

on shaft 7 which supports and engages spool 72.. Spring m is attached at one end to its barrel m and at the other end to the shaft of the barrel, m The spring on is wound up by means of a key placed on the square head of shaft m which is retained by detent m Square-bar Z over which ribbon 70 travels, is p provided at one end with a ratchet-wheel Z, (see Figs. 1, 4 and 6,) which is actuated by pawl Z sliding in arm n pivoted upon frame 9. (See Fig. 6.) Arm nis pivotally attached to one'end of connecting-rod 0 (the two forming a toggle) which at itsother end is pivoted to a bracket 1) which rests upon table B and forms a support and bearing for oscillating shaft d. (See Fig. 3.) The journal by which connecting-rod 0 is connected to arm n is upon asleeve, n, adapted to slide upon. and to be set at any desired point on arm n.

Ribbon k isprovided with a series of type plates from which the addresses are printed, and which are attached to the ribbon as follows: A thin, rectangular plate of sheetmetal, q, (see Fig. 5,) as long as the width of the ribbon, and a triflewider than the typeplate to be used, is turned upwardly and inwardly at its longer edges, leaving a beveled recess or groove between the narrow flaps q, thus formed, into which the type-plate may be slipped endwise. A small, V shaped out is made through the plate near. each of its four corners, and the metal points g in the angles of the cuts are turned outwardly or away from flaps or flanges q. The plates thus formed are arranged side by side across the ribbon, the four projecting metal points of the plateare pressed through the fabric and turned down, clasping the ribbon and holding the plate q in place. The type-plates which are beveled to exactly fit the recess in plate q, are now slipped into place and may be removed at will without disturbing or disarranging the series. The faces of feed-bar Z are of the same width as plates q. Projecting radially from the corners of bar Z are points Z (see Figs. 2 and 4,) which engage the back of the ribbon and coincide with the joints between plates c on the face of the ribbon.

r r, (Fig. 1,) are spools upon which is wound an inked ribbon r which in its course travels directly beneath the address plates at the point where theimpressionsare to be made. These spools are journaled upon and supported by the extremities of forked, tiltingpieces 8 s, which are pivoted at 8' upon frame g. Pieces .9 s, in Fig. 1, are provided with an extension .9 having a plug 3 adapted to engage either of two holes .9 in frame g, and to hold the tilting spool-carrier in any desired position. The periphery of one end of each of the spools r is toothed to correspond with teeth on the spools h h as shown in Fig. 1. )Vhen piece .9 is tilted to the right or left toothed spool r or 'r is thrown into gear with spool h or h and, as the inked ribbon is wound on its two spools in opposite directions, the inked ribbon may be caused to travel in either direction as desired by tilting spool carrier 8 either to the right or left, throwing spool 1' into engagement with spool 71, or spool 7' into engagement with spool h.

Inking ribbon r passes under a pair of rollers t journaled upon a pair of yokes 25, one of which is placed on each vertical side of frame 9. The yokes t are provided with stems t movable vertically in guides i A coiled spring t on stem i holds yoke t and its rollers t and the inked ribbon r normally away from the type-face of the addressing ribbon It, so that the two ribbons shall not come in contact as they travel from one of their spools to the other.

Shaft d is provided with a counter-balanceweight a (Fig. 4), movable along the shaft and designed to balance the weight of frame g and its appendages.

The operation of my device is as follows: Standards A, supporting the shaft 01 and its appendages, are clamped to opposite edges of table B. Crank e is connected by red fto the crank of the fly C or to other suitable moving part of the printing press. Frame 9 is slipped along shaft d to the desired point and fixed in place by means of suitable set screws. Crank arm n is connected with bracket 1) by means of rod 0. A loaded spool h, is slipped into place and its shaft t" is inserted through the axis of the spool. The free end of the type-ribbon, left blank for a short distance, is passed over square-shaft Z and attached to spool h which is removably mounted upon shaft 1', which may be with-' drawn and inserted in place at will. Spring 77?. is wound up by means of a key placed 'on the head of shaft m As the fly of the printingpress delivers a paper upon the table, arm f and crank c cause shaft (Z to describe part of a revolution, throwing frame 9 and its appendages upward and backward, out of the way of the approaching fly and the paper. The paper having been deposited on the table, the fly now retreats and the frame g is thrown forward and downward. The inked ribbon 1' between the two rollers ttcomes in contact with the paper and is permitted to yield by the springs 25'' on the sliding stems F, of the roller bearing yokes t. The frame g continues to fall until the inked ribbon is pressed between the section of the addressribbon resting against the lower horizontal face of the feed-bar l and the paper lying upon the table. The address is thus printed on the paper by the type-plate pressing the inked-ribbon against the paper. As frameg is tilted upward by shaft (Z and its connec tions, the point of pivotal connection between connecting-rod o and bracket 1) stands fast, and crank-arm n, by the push of rod 0, is caused to describe downwardly a quarter of a revolution, carrying with it, through pawl and ratchet Z P, (Fig. 6,) feed-bar or shaft l. The radially projecting points Z on feed-bar l, engage the type-ribbon 7c, in the joints between the type-plate holders q, and each quarter revolution of the feed-bar l, feeds the type-ribbon forward one step and exposes a fresh type-plate on the lower horizontal face of the feed-bar ready for the next impression. The slack of the type-ribbon, as it is fed forward, is taken up by the pull of spring on on spool it, through their intermediate train of gearing. The inking ribbon is caused to IOC.

travel slightly from one of its spools to the other (the direction depending upon the tilt of the spool-carrier s to the right or left) at each movement of the type -ribbon and its spools, through the teeth on spools h r or on spools hr'. The oscillation of frame 9 and its appendages and the resulting travel of the ribbons, are continued until the requisite addresses have been printed or until spool 71. is empty, when spools hand h may be readily removed and a fresh pair of spools inserted as above described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. An addressing attachment for printing presses comprising in its construction a frame carrying type-ribbon supports, a flexible typeribbon, suitable inking mechanism, and means for actuating said ribbon between successive impressions, a shaft carrying said frame, and connections between said shaft and the printing-press adapted to actuate said shaft and frame after each delivery by the printingpress, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

2. In an addressing attachment for printing-presses, two standards or supports, a shaft journaled in said standards, a frame adj ustable on said shaft, a pair of spools journaled in said frame and carrying a flexible typeband, another pair of spoolsjournaled in said frame and carrying an inked ribbon, suitable gearing connecting said two pairs of spools, a shaft engaging said flexible type-band, and

means for rotating said shaft in combination with suitable connections between the printing-press and said frame bearing shaft, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In an addressing attachment for printing-presses, an oscillating shaft carrying a frame, a flexible type-band, rotary type-band supports mounted in said frame, a feed bar engaging said flexible typeband and pivotally connected to a stationary point, suitable inking mechanism, and afeed mechanismintermediate said fixed point and the inking mechanism, all substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

4. In an addressing attachment for printing-presses, the frame having a pair of typeband spools, journaledw therein, and a pair of reversible inked ribbon spools journaled 5. In an addressing attachment for printing-presses, a pair of toothed, type-bandspools and a pair of toothed, reversible, inked ribbon spools in combination with aspring and toothed barrel and detent mechanism,(m, m,

' m m adapted to actuate one of said typeband spools, and the feed-bar, (Z) adapted to actuate said type-band, substantiallyas shown and described, for the purpose specified.

I. W. NEWMAN.

Witnesses:

ISAAC N. HUNTSBERGER, DAVID C. WALTER. 

